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Name
Official number
Flag
IMO
BRITISH HUSSAR
302958
GBR
Year built
Date launched
Date completed
1962
23/01/1962
05/1962
Vessel type
Vessel description
Tanker Oil
Steel Steam Turbine
Builder
Yard
Yard no
John Brown & Co Ltd., Clydebank
Clydebank
714
Tonnage
Length
Breadth
Depth
Draft
32341 grt / 18931 nrt / 52546 dwt
759 ft 0 in
97 ft 3 in
42 ft 9 in
Engine builder
John Brown & Co Ltd., Clydebank
Engine detail
2 x steam turbines double reduction geared to single shaft, 16000shp
First owner
First port of register
Registration date
BP Tanker Co. Ltd., London
London
28/05/1962
Other names
Subsequent owner and registration history
12/1975 Hua Engineering Copper & Iron Industry Co (for breaking)
Vessel history
Remarks
End year
Fate / Status
1976
Broken Up 26/02/1976
Disposal Detail
Breaking cmmenced on above date by Taiwan Scrap Company at Kaohsiung, arrived 26/11/1975.
BRITISH HUSSAR trials
Image courtesy of : Shipbuilder
BRITISH HUSSAR
Image courtesy of : Shipbuilder
Launch
Image courtesy of : Paul Strathdee collection
Hand coloured photo
Image courtesy of : Paul Strathdee
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